French Beans Rice And Beef Recipes

FRENCH BEANS RICE AND BEEF

Steps:

• Melt the butter or margarine in a large saucepan.
• and fry the onion until golden. Add the beef and fry until evenly browned, then add the garlic, spices, tomatoes, tomato puree and water. Season with salt and pepper. Bring to the boil, then simmer over low heat for about 30 minutes.
• Add the French beans and continue cooking for a further 15 minutes until the meat is tender and most of the meat juices have evaporated.
• Meanwhile, prepare the rice. Drain, then boil it in salted water for about 5 minutes. Reduce the heat and simmer gently for 10 minutes or until it is half-cooked. Drain, and rinse the rice in warm water. Wash and dry the saucepan.
• Heat 1 tbsp of the melted butter in the pan and stir in about a third of the rice. Spoon half of hte meat mixture over the rice, add a layer of rice, then the remaining meat and finish with another layer of rice.
• Pour the remaining melted butter over the rice and cover the pan with a clean dish towel. Secure with the lid and then steam the rice for 30-40 minutes over low heat.
• Take 3 tbsp of cooked rice from the pan and mix with the saffrom water. Serve the cooked rice and beef on a large dish and sprinkle the saffron rice on top.

BEEFY BEANS 'N' RICE

Steps:

• In a large skillet, cook beef and onion over medium heat until meat is no longer pink; drain. Stir in the rice, beans, cheese and water. Cook and stir over medium-low heat until cheese is melted.

TACO RICE WITH BEEF AND REFRIED BEANS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• In large saucepan, mix together the first 5 ingredients plus half the taco seasoning. Bring to a boil and remove from heat. Stir in rice, cover and let stand 5 minutes, then add tomato sauce.
• Meanwhile, in a large skillet, cook ground beef over med-high heat until browned. Drain off the grease. Mix the remaining taco seasoning with the beef.
• In a 13x9" baking dish coated with cooking spray, spread half of the rice mixture. Spread the refried beans evenly over the top. Then spread the beef mixture and top with 1/2 the cheese. Spread remaining rice mixture, and top with the remaining cheese.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes, or until cheese melts.